Window-shade support.



L. F. WEIHER.

1910. 978,246. Patented Dec. 13,1910.

LOUIS F. WEIHER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WINDOW-SHADE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

Application filed March 4, 1910. Serial No. 547,210.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, LOUIS F. WVnInnR, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWindow-Shade Supports, of which the following is a specification.

The invention has reference to iron window-casings used in theconstruction of modern fire-proof buildings, and it consists in thenovel means hereinafter described and claimed applied to the facingremovable side portions of said casings for holding the usualspring-rollers for the window shades.

The purpose of the invention is to obviate the difliculties,inconvenience and expense heretofore experienced in ap lying shades toiron window-casings, ELIIC to provide shade-roller holders adapted toadequately receive and support such rollers and to be quickly andsecurely applied to the iron window frames without the use of screws orthe necessity of drilling and tapping holes in the frames.

The shade-roller holders of my invention are each in one integral pieceof metal, preferably sheet steel, and in the form of a vertical hangerhaving a box-like portion containing a bearing for the stud-end of theroller and the upper end of the hanger being of hook construction to beapplied over the upper end of the stop-bead or removable stripconstituting a part of the side of the window-casing.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed descriptionhereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which:

Figure 1 is a front view, partly broken away, of the upper portion of ametal wind0w-casing equipped with shade-roller holders embodying myinvention; Fig. 2 is a ver tical longitudinal section through a portionof one side of the same, the holder also be ing in vertical section;Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of one of the holders, this holderhaving in its box-like portion a vertical slot to receive and afford abearing for the stud of the roller connected with the usualspring-mechanism; Fig. 4 is a like view of the other or companion holderhaving in its box-like portion a circular aperture to receive and afforda bearing for the end-stud which is rigid with the roller, and Fig. 5 isa detached perspective view showing the manner of constructing theholders of my invention when they are intended at each window to supporttwo shade-rollers, as for instance a roller having a white shade and aroller having a blue or green or other dark shade.

In the drawings, 10 designates the facing vertical stop-beads orremovable strips at the opposite sides of the window-casing, 11 thelintel-strip whose ends match the upper ends of said removable strips,12 one of the shade-roller holders, 13 the other or companionshade-roller holder, 11 the shaderoller, 15 the shade thereon, 16 thepolygonal stud connected with the usual spring-mechanism of the roller,and 17 the cylindrical stud which is rigid with its end of the rollerand rotates therewith.

The metal window-casing and the shaderoller, with its shade, are ofcustomary construction and therefore require no special description.

The holders 12, 13 .in their combination with the windowcasing andshade-roller embrace the novel features of my invention and theirconstruction is clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4, while their manner ofapplication and use is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. Each of the holders12, 13 is in one integral strip of metal, preferably sheet steel, bentto form an exposed member 18 and an upper hook-member 19, the latterhooking over the upper end of the stop-bead or strip 10 and closelyengaging the inner face of the same, while the said member 18 firmlybinds against the outer face of said strip. The holders 12, 13 not onlybind against the strips 10 but are held down by the ends of the lintelstrip 11, and hence said holders when applied to position become veryfirmly secured without the use of screws or other equivalent means. Theholders 12, 13 being of flat sheet metal atl'ord sufficient width attheir upper ends to resist any tendency to pivotal or swinging motion,especially when engaged across the width of their upper ends by theadjoining edges of the windowcasing strips 10, 11.

The exposed members 18 of the holders 12, 13 are formed .intermediatetheir ends with outwardly prejecting box-like sections 20 which aifordthe bearings for the rollerstuds 16, 17 the section 20 of the holder 12being formed with a vertical recess or slot. 21 open at its upper end toreceive the stud 16 and the section 20 of the holder 13 havsary to applynear the upper ends of said strips, I, cut out or recess the outer edgeportions of the holders, as at 23, to afford the requisite free spacefor any screws neces-v sary for the upper ends of the strips 10. Theroller 14 will be applied to the holders 12, 13 in the same manner thatit is customarily applied to the usual bearings commonly secured towooden window casings, one purpose of my invention being not to vary thecustomary manner of mounting.

shade-rollers.

The holders 12, 13 shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and l are intended to receivea single shade-roller. In many buildings, however, such as apartmenthouses, it is usual to employ at each window two shades, one of whitefabric and one of dark fabric, and in adapting my invention to the useof two shade-rollers I construct the holders with two box-like sections24, as shown in Fig. 5, one being below the other, and each affording abearing for'the end of one roller. In Fig. 5 I show the sections 24: ashaving apertures 25 for the cylindrical studs of the shade-rollers, andit will be understood that the companion holder for that illustrated inFig. 5 will have in its box-like sections vertical slots or recessescorresponding with the slot 21 shown in Fig. '3 for the polygonal studsof the rollers.

Whether the shade-roller holders are intended to receive one roller ortwo rollers, I preferably provide the holders 12 with spring-latches 26forlocking the polygonal studs 16 of the rollers in the slots 21 of saidholders. The latch 26 is a piece of spring metal preferably of invertedT shape riveted to the holder 12 and having its cross-bar portion withinthe section 20 and crossing the slot 21 therein. The latch 26 yields tothe pressure of the stud 16 when the latter is applied to the slot 21and thereafter springs to its initial position closing the end of saidslot and locking the stud 16 therein. The roller is by means of thelatch 26 prevented, on any rough handling of the window-shade, frombecoming dislodged from the holder 12, and in addition the latch 26enables the holder to be applied to the lower end of the window-casingwhen a shade-roller is desired in that location, the holder being theninverted in position and hooked under the lower end of the stop-bead.The holder 12 is shown as applied to the upper end of the left handstop-bead butin case a roller should be required or desired at the lowerI end of the window, said holder 12, without change therein, would beapplied to the lower end of the right hand stop-bead, the latch 26 thenserving to close the then-lower end of the slot 21 and, at itscross-bar, support the polygonal stud 16 of the roller.

WVhat I claim .as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is: 1. In combination with a metal window casing having facingstop-beads (10) and part (11.) whose ends match the ends of said stop-beads, shade-roller holders therefor each comprising an integral metalstrip or plate to engage the face of a stop-bead of said casing andhaving a box -like section affording a bearing for a stud at the end ofthe shade-roller and at one end being bent over in line with its lengthto form a hookmember and hooked over the end of the stop- I bead andengaged by the said part (11), which binds against the said holders andprevents vertical movement of the same, said holders closely bindingagainst the inner and outer faces of the stop-beads and one holder inits box-like portion being slotted to receive the polygonal stud of theroller spring-mechanism, while the other holder in.

itsboX-like portion has a'bearing for the usual end-studrigidlyconnected with the roller; substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with a metal windowcasing having. facing stop-beads(10) and part (11) whose ends match the ends of said stop-beads,shade-roller holders therefor each comprising an integral metal strip orplate to engage the face of a stop-bead of said' casing and having abox-like section afford ing a bearing for a stud at the end of theshade-roller and at one end being bent over in line with its length toform a. h0ok-memher and hooked over the end of the stop-bead 1 andengaged by the said part (11), which binds against the said holders andprevents vertical movement of the same, said holders closely bindingagainst the inner and outer faces of the stop-beads, and one holder inscrews necessary for securing the stop-beads;

substantially as set forth.

3. In combination with a metal window casing having facing stop-beads(10) and part (11) whose ends match the ends of said stop-beads,shade-roller holders therefor each comprising an integral metal strip'orplate to engage the face of a stop-bead of said casing and having abox-like section aifording a bearing for a stud at the end of theshade-roller and at one end being bent over in line with its length toform a hook-member and hooked over the end of the stop-bead and engagedby the said art (11), which binds against the said hol ers and preventsvertical movement of the same, said holders closely binding against theinner and outer faces of the stop-beads and one holder in its box-likeportion being slotted to receive the polygonal stud of the rollerspring-mechanism and provided with a spring-latch to lock said stud insaid slot, while the other holder in its box-like portion has a bearingfor the usual end-stud rigidly connected With 15 ends extendinglaterally beyond the edges of 20 the slot therein; substantially as setforth.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, this first day of March A. D. 1910.

LOUIS F. WEIHER. Witnesses:

CHAS. G. GILL, ARTHUR MARION.

